Australia in the Crossfire of Cybersecurity Debate

With the delegation from Brazil leading a resolution for moderated caucuses, Australian delegates were the first to oppose. The Israeli delegation sees their opposition as counterintuitive and disruptive to the entire process. "They say that they want temporary work done, but they don't want the organization to do it," one delegate said. Australia responsed that, "people don't understand our resolutions…we want to make sure the points are clear, and we won't debate how to debate."

USA to Australia: "We've got your Back"

The United States, in recent developments, has pledged their full support to the Australian Government as a result of its Nuclear Safety policy and backing of the IAEA. Under this support the United States has granted the Australians use of there public safety officials, nuclear safety officials, and other funds in order to more fully prove there stance on the issue of Nuclear Safety, and aid those who find themselves in line with the United States.

Ultimatum from Brazil

Representatives from Brazil plan to issue an ultimatum to other countries at the next session in response to the resolution for regional commissions in nuclear safety. They stated that unless they are allowed to vote to form their own Brazilian regional commission, they will be forced to vote against the resolution.

Earlier in the day, Brazil contributed to the conversation by saying that their "first conceptions of the regulation [were] shaky". They disapproved of the involvement of the IAEA and disagreed to Australia's proposal of regional regulators-- they believe regional observers would be a better alternative.

Long Term Resolutions Not an Option

The second resolution was brought to the floor of the Cyber-Security Committee by Canada, Japan, Israel, and India. They argued that no one can regulate the internet because it infringes the sovereignty of the state, and that international regulations exercise authoritarian power. Instead, they propose international funding for creating detection software to prevent attacks and synchronizing defenses on an international scale. The delegate from Australia questioned how long such an action would take and argued that an immediate response to the attack is needed, referencing their own leaking reactor. When it came time for the roll call vote, it did not pass.

China Providing Aid to Australia

Australia has announced it is receiving help from China cleaning up and limiting the effects of the reactor meltdown, as per the regional alliance between the two countries.

Australia Looks to be Task Force for International Atomic Energy Agency

After early delegations Australia has made it a point to alert the media of their hope to be one of the main proponents of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Australia strongly backs this organization and furthermore hopes to help enforce its sanctions, in layman’s terms, serving as the eyes and ears of the organization. As one of the leaders in the field of nuclear safety, Australia, through their ANSTO program (Australian National Nuclear Research and Development Organization) feels that they are the perfect candidates for the job. Furthermore the Australians, as the largest uranium supplier in the world, would wield such resources in this debate on nuclear safety. Only proponents of the IAEA would receive exports of Uranium, said the Australians. Recent developments say that the IAEA is backing the Australians in their mission, and look now to find other nations to back both the Australians and the IAEA as a whole. Targets for such backing include the UN, NATO, ASEAN, and OPEC.